FK Spartak Subotica

Fudbalski klub Spartak Subotica (Serbian Cyrillic: Фудбалски клуб Спартак Суботица) is a professional football club from Subotica, Serbia, that plays in the Serbian SuperLiga. The club was founded in 1945 and was named after Jovan Mikić Spartak, the leader of the Partisans in Subotica, who was a national hero and was killed in 1944. The club was named Spartak Subotica until the end of the 2007–08 Serbian League Vojvodina season when it was merged with Zlatibor Voda who won promotion to the Serbian First League thus gaining the name Spartak Zlatibor Voda. In 2013, the board decided to return the original name of the club: "FK Spartak Subotica." However, the practice of adopting a sponsorship name returned in 2018 with the club accepting sponsorship from a vinary and renaming itself Spartak Ždrepčeva krv after the name of the popular wine brand produced in Serbia.

Spartak Subotica
Full nameFudbalski klub Spartak Subotica
Nickname(s)Golubovi (The Pigeons)
Founded21 April 1945 (1945-04-21)
GroundSubotica City Stadium, Subotica
Capacity13,000
PresidentDragan Simović
Head coachVladimir Gaćinović
LeagueSerbian SuperLiga
2018–19Serbian Superliga, 10th
WebsiteClub website
Active sport clubs of
Spartak Subotica
Football
(Men's)		Basketball
(Men's)		Water Polo
Football
(Women's)		Basketball
(Women's)		Ice Hockey

History

Founded in 1945, FK Spartak Subotica is, after Vojvodina, the most successful club in northern Serbia. They participated in the first after-war club championship, in the 1946–47 Yugoslav First League and from then on, they played always in between the first and second national leagues. The biggest success of the club was achieved when the club played in the 1993–94 FR Yugoslavia Cup final against Partizan (1–6 loss).

After the dissolution of ŽAK Subotica, club that played in the pre-war period until 1945, the players who did not want to belong to any of the two newly formed clubs, Radnički or Građanski, decided to form the FK Spartak. The new club was named after the nickname of a legendary Subotica athlete and World War II commander Jovan Mikić – Spartak. The club was very active in its early years, continuing the tradition of Subotica football. Many club players later played for the biggest clubs in the country or internationally, having some played for the national team, as well. Beside the players, the stadium, the colors and the fans, Spartak also inherited from ŽAK the tradition of being backed by the Yugoslav Railways.[1]

Supporters

Spartak's fans are known as Marinci (Marines), which were formed in early 1989.

Stadium
Main article: Subotica City Stadium

Subotica City Stadium (Gradski stadion[2]) is a multi-use stadium in Subotica, Serbia. It is currently used mostly for football matches and is the club's home ground since 1945. The stadium holds 13,000 people. There is a football pitch and a registered track for athletics suitable for competitions. One part of the Stadium is covered. There are also two subsidiary football pitches.

Spartak in Europe

Mitropa Cup

The Mitropa Cup, officially called the La Coupe de l'Europe Centrale, was one of the first really international major European football cups that the club participated in. After World War II, in 1951, a replacement tournament named Zentropa Cup was held to resume the rich tradition of this competition.

Season Contest Round State Club Score Place
1987 Mitropa Cup semi-finals  Italy Ascoli 1–2 Ascoli
3./4. place  Hungary Vasas 0–2 Porto Sant'Elpidio

UEFA competitions
  • Qualified for Europe in 2 seasons
Season Competition Round Club Home Away Aggregate
2010–11 Europa League QR2 Differdange 03 2–0 3–3 5–3
QR3 Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk 2–1 0–2 2–3
2018–19 Europa League QR1 Coleraine 1–1 2–0 3–1
QR2 Sparta Prague 2–0 1–2 3–2
QR3 Brøndby 0–2 1–2 1–4

Honours

National Championships – 1

  • People's Republic of Serbia League (Vojvodina group)
    • Winners (1): 1945–46[3]
Yugoslav Second League (4)

Yugoslav Cup:

Players

For recent transfers, see List of Serbian football transfers summer 2019.

Current squad
As of 24 January 2019[4][5][6]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player
1 GK Mišo Dubljanić
2 DF Filip Jović
4 MF Branimir Jočić
5 DF Mihajlo Ivančević
6 DF Nemanja Tekijaški
7 MF Nikola Srećković
9 FW Stefan Šormaz
10 DF Stefan Milošević
12 GK Miloš Ostojić
14 MF Vladan Vidaković
15 DF Filip Damjanović
17 FW Stefan Denković
18 MF David Dunđerski
19 MF Damjan Gojkov
No. Position Player
20 MF Andrezinho
22 DF Luka Cucin
23 FW Nemanja Obradović
24 FW Nikola Tripković
25 GK Ivan Dokić
28 FW Mihajlo Baić
29 MF Lazar Tufegdžić
31 MF Milan Marčić
32 DF Vladimir Otašević
33 MF Nemanja Mladenović
40 MF Sho Yamamoto
55 DF Mihailo Milutinović
99 GK Filip Dujmović (on loan from Mladost Doboj Kakanj)

Players with multiple nationalities
  • David Dunđerski


Notable players
To appear in this section a player must have either:
  • Played at least 80 games for the club.
  • Set a club record or won an individual award while at the club.
  • Played at least one international match for their national team at any time.

For the list of all current and former players with Wikipedia article, please see: Category:FK Spartak Subotica players.

Managers

Kit manufacturers and shirt sponsors

References
  1. gradsubotica.co.rs (in Serbian)
  2. FK Spartak ZV Archived 22 April 2012 at the Wayback Machine at srpskistadioni.in.rs
  3. "Champions 1946". crvenazvezdafk.com. Retrieved 9 May 2018.
  4. "First Team". FK Spartak Subotica official website. Retrieved 10 July 2018.
  5. "Licensed for UEFA Europa League". UEFA. Retrieved 10 July 2018.
  6. "Licensed for the Serbian SuperLiga". superliga.rs. Retrieved 25 July 2018.
  7. Od Zone do Zone by Radiša Dragićević, page 37 (in Serbian)
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